Deputy Sheriffs in Alameda County supervise the work and conduct of inmates in the county correctional institutions. They also patrol the unincorporated areas of Alameda County and for our various contracts: the Oakland International Airport, AC Transit, Dublin Police Services and Peralta Community College District to name a few. Deputies enforce law and order, receive and serve civil process, maintain order in courts, assist with special investigations, and investigate circumstances surrounding death in cases referred to the Coroner. Deputies also coordinate emergency services programs and volunteer activities.

Emergency Services Dispatcher

Emergency Services Dispatchers work in the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center in San Leandro. They receive and transmit routine and emergency calls from the public and use a variety of communication equipment to assist officers responding to calls for service.

Sheriff's Technician

Sheriff’s Technicians perform duties related to law enforcement functions that do not require the assignment of a Deputy Sheriff. Sheriff’s Technicians work throughout the Sheriff’s Office as unarmed, non-sworn employees with a variety of assignments including: security and intake in the jails, monitoring screening stations or cameras in the Courts, maintaining evidence storage facilities, responding to and dispatching critical information to local police departments, educate the public on Crime Prevention, enforce parking regulations and facilitates the vehicle abatement and towing process, assist the Coroner’s Office in a variety of assignments, perform field duties for the Sheriff’s Animal Shelter.

Sheriff's Safety Aide

Sheriff’s Safety Aides work primarily at the Oakland International Airport providing public safety services. Sheriff’s Safety Aides direct traffic, provide information, directions and assistance to the general public, issue citations for violations of parking rules and regulations.

Volunteers

Volunteers There are many opportunities to volunteer throughout the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. Search and Rescue, the Coroner’s Office, the COPP Shop and the Deputy Sheriff’s Activity League, just to name a few. For more information on volunteering, contact 510-272-6878